Argentina Court Declines Intervention in Media Case

By

Ken Parks

Updated Dec. 27, 2012 7:11 p.m. ET

BUENOS AIRES—Argentina´s Supreme Court turned down a government request to rule on the constitutionality of a media law that has broad implications for press freedoms in the South American nation, marking a setback in President Cristina Kirchner´s legal battle with media empire Grupo Clarín SA.

The high court's decision reduces the risk of a rapid breakup of Clarín, which has challenged the constitutionality of a three-year-old media...